Trouser hanger



April 29, 1952 WALTER 2,594,602

TROUSER HANGER Filed Dec. 6, 1948 IN V EN TOR:

G'e o ye Walla; BY

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Patented Apr. 29, 1952 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 2,594,602 TROUSER HANGER George L. Walter, Los Angeles, Calif. Application December 6, 1948, Serial No. 63,719

This invention relatesto trousers hangers, and the general object of the ifivention is to provide an improved trousers hanger constructed and arranged to extend into the ends of the trousers legs and engage the inner sides of the leg under spring pressure at the creases of the legs and thereby hold the legs of the trousers creased more efiectively than is possible with the conventional trousers hanger.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter'as this specification progresses.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my invention showing a pair of trousers hung thereon.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of Fig. 2 taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section of Fig. 1 taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing the interengaging loops for limiting the outward spring movement of the spring holdingmembers against the trousers.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, in which the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals in all of the views, my invention includes a single piece of spring steel wire I bent midway between its ends into a spring coil 2, and from the ends of said coil into a pair of spring holding members 3, which carry at their outer ends a pair of pressure-engaging members 4, respectively The wire I of each holding member 3 is bent first downwardly and outwardly from one end of the coil 2, at an angle, into a spring arm 5; then inwardly into a horizontal arm extension 6; and then downwardly a short distance and outwardly, in a loop 7, into an elongated suspension arm 8 extending parallel to arm extension 6 and horizontally outwardly a considerable distance beyond said springarm 5. The loop 1 of each holding member 3 extends through and engages the inner side of the loop 7 of the other holding member 3, whereby the outward spring movement of the holding members 3, under the influence of the coil spring 2, is limited.

On the outer ends of the elongated suspension arms 8 are secured the pressure engaging members 4, respectively. Each of said members 4 is produced from a single piece of sheet metal, bent into inverted U-shape form and comprising an upper horizontal connecting wall 9 and a pair of jaw members It bent. downwardly from the side 4 Claims. (01. 223-415) edges of said upper connecting wall 9, in spaced vertical and parallel relation to each other, said upper connecting wall being bent upwardly in the form of an elongated yoke ll extending longitudinally of said wall, which yoke fits over a tube l2 adjustably secured by a set screw l3 on the outer end portion of one of the suspension arms 8, and said yoke is welded to said tube, whereby the pressure engaging member 4 is adjustably mounted in position on said suspension arm 8, depending from said arm. The outer edges or" the side walls IQ of each pressure engaging member 4 extend vertically and said edges are formed with short dull prongs I4 for engaging the inner sides of thelegs of the trousers at the creases of said legs. The rear edges I 5 of the jaw members I0 extend downwardly and forwardly at an angle forming narrow forward lower end tongues I6 which may be readily and easily inserted foremost into the ends of the legs of the trousers for inserting the entire jaws l0 thereinto.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

The legs of a pair of trousers being folded on their creases, the spring arms 5 are first grasped and swung inwardly toward each other, contracting the coil spring- 2 and drawing the pressure engaging members 4 toward each other until they are close enough to each other to be introduced into the ends of the trousers legs; the pressure engaging members 4 are then introduced into the ends of the trousers legs, with the side members H1 at one side of said members 4 extending into the end of one leg of the trousers and the side members ID at the other side of said members 4 extending into the end of the other leg of 'the trousers, whereupon the spring arms 5 are released and the spring 2 expanding, forces the pressure engaging members 4 outwardly until the outer edges and prongs M of the side walls ID at one side of said members 4 engage the inner side of one trousers leg at the creases of said leg under pressure of coil spring 2, while the outer edges and prongs M of the said walls Ill at the other side of said members 4 engage the inner side of the other trousers leg at the creases of said leg, under pressure of said coil spring l2, thus effectively holding the ends of the legs of the trousers creased and side-by-side in the pressure engaging members 4, and the creased trousers may be thus hung on the hanger in a closet or elsewhere by placing the coil spring 2 over a hook or nail suitably located.

The pressure engaging members 4 may be adjusted closer together or further apart, upon loosening the set screws l3 and sliding the tubes l2 along the suspension arms 8, and said pressure engaging members may be secured in such adjusted positions by tightening said set screws l3, so that the ends of the loops 1 will engage each other and prevent further outwardly expanding movement of the pressure engaging members 4, under the influence of coil spring 2, when the outer edges and prongs [4 of the side walls in of said members 4 engage the inner sides of the trousers legs with a predetermined pressure, thus preventing said outer edges and prongs of said side walls of said pressure engaging members from engaging the inner sides of the trousers legs under too great a pressure, which might unduly stretch or tear the trousers legs.

I claim:

1. A trousers hanger including a pair of spring holding members formed of a single piece of spring wire, bent first intermediate its ends into a coil spring, then downwardly from the ends of said coil spring into a pair of spring arms, then inwardly and outwardly into a pair of interengaging loops, and into a pair of suspension arms, a pair of pressure engaging members mounted on the ends, respectively, of said suspension arms, each of which pressure engaging members being formed with a pair of jaws to be introduced into the ends of the legs, respectively of a pair of trousers and sprung by said coil spring into engagement with the-inner sides of said trousers legs at the creases of said legs.

2. A trousers hanger as characterized by claim 1 in which the pressure engaging members are each formed of a piece of sheet metal bent into inverted U-shape, with the depending side portions of the members forming the jaws of the members and the intermediate portions of the members bent upwardly in the form of yokes, which yokes fit over and are secured to sleeves, fitted on and secured to the suspension arms respectively.

3. A trousers hanger as characterized by claim 1 in which the pressure engaging members are each formed of a piece of sheet metal bent into inverted u-shape, with the depending side portions of the members forming the jaws of the members and the intermediate portions of the members, secured to sleeves slidably fitted on the suspension arms, and there being means for adjustably securing said sleeves on the suspension arms.

4. A trousers hanger as characterized by claim 1 in which the loops are arranged to interengage and arrest the outward spring movement of the jaws in a predetermined position against the inner sides of the trousers legs, to prevent lateral overstretohing of the trousers legs beyond said predetermined position.

GEORGE L. WALTER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 800,518 Wardell Sept. 26, 1905 1,331,419 Dahlgren Feb. 17, 1920 1,897,078 Sjowall Feb. 14, 1933 2,423,961 Buxton July 15, 1947 

